# Israeli forces kill 14-year-old in West Bank raid

> Palestinian boy shot dead during operation near Nablus; Israeli military says soldiers fired at stone-throwers.
- Title: Israeli forces kill 14-year-old in West Bank raid · BBC News
- Summary: Palestinian boy shot dead during operation near Nablus; Israeli military says soldiers fired at stone-throwers.
- Keywords: west bank, israel, palestinian territories, nablus, burqa, moataz daghlas, israeli military, palestinian health ministry, lethal force, BBC News
- Source: BBC News — https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqpvgv318yyeo
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## Fourteen-year-old killed in raid
Moataz Daghlas was shot dead on Monday evening in the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
## Israeli military says soldiers fired at stone-throwers
The Israeli military said soldiers identified several terrorists who intended to hurl stones in an area where stones had previously been thrown at Israeli vehicles. Soldiers fired towards them to remove the threat.
## Two others wounded, paramedics detained
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds. Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics.
## UN says children killed posed no imminent threat
The UN Human Rights Office verified killing of two hundred forty-one Palestinian children by Israeli security forces and settlers since October two thousand twenty-three.

> none of the children killed while involved in confrontations with Israeli forces had posed an imminent threat to life
## Key takeaway

Israeli forces killed a fourteen-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank village of Burqa on Monday evening, according to Palestinian health officials.